The settings menu is divided into 9 tabs and the functions listed under each are loosely grouped by storefront or control panel changes. Tabs include:

General
Regional
Products
Checkout
Shopping
SEO
Security
Google®
Social

Edit your Store's General Settings

The General tab includes broad settings that impact various areas throughout the site. The General Settings include:

Company Name and Default Title tag - Enter your company's name which will appear in the title bar on the browser, will be used in the Company nsScript, and other locations throughout the software.
Primary Sender Email Name - Specify the name displayed when sending an email from the shopping cart.
Primary Sender Email Address - Specify the email address from which all your store communications will be sent.
Administrative Recipient Email Address - Specify the default email address to which system generated email will be sent.

(Example: when new orders come in)

The Administrative recipient email address can be overridden for certain emails. (Ex. You can create a custom form that, when completed by the customer, is sent to a different email address that you specify on that form.) That email will override the default administrative recipient email address for that custom form.

Display "Powered by Network Solutions" message - Select this option to display the Network Solutions® copyright in the footer of your online store.
Thumbnail Image Size - Specify the size (in pixels) of your auto-generated product image thumbnails. These are found in places like your Category page.
Display Image Size - Specify the size (in pixels) of your auto-generated product display images. These are found on your Product pages.
Detail Image Size - Specify the size (in pixels) of your auto-generated large image. These are the large images a customer can view to see the finer details of the image.
Use WYSIWYG editor to edit HTML- Check the box if you want to use the design tool set known as a WYSIWYG (an acronym for What You See Is What You Get and pronounced Whiz-Zee-Wig). If you uncheck the box you will see raw HTML in your design areas of your site.
- The WYSIWYG editor is great for people who are uncomfortable with HTML/CSS, but is not as efficient at creating HTML as hand-coding it.

Edit your Store's Regional Settings

Similar to the General tab, the Regional tab offers universal settings that apply to you and your geographic location configurations.

Time Zone - Will influence the date and time stamps on orders and, therefore, corresponding reports.
Weights and Measures - Are used to determine if your product weights and dimensions are Metric or Imperial.
Region Preference - This will determine the format of your time shown throughout your site.
Site Currency - The default currency type that will be passed throughout the site.
Currency Symbol -The symbol to show in your online store.

Edit your Store's Products Settings

The Products tab will control the settings specific to how a product is referenced and displayed throughout the site.

Label for MSRP price - This will display next to the MSRP on the storefront. This price will only display if it is higher than the price for your product.

Label for your price - This text displays on the storefront by the product's price.

Label for sale price - This text displays on the storefront by the product's sale price.

Label for product savings - This label appears next to the amount of savings for a discounted product.

Display Customer Savings - This setting will determine how the different prices interact with one another and display on the Product page. Select one from the drop down:

Do not display product savings
Dollar amount ("You save $30.00")
Percentage ("You save 25%")
Both Dollar amount and Percentage ("You save $30.00 (25%)")

Display links to the next and previous product in the current category - Select this option to display the next and previous products for the current category.

Display Email a Friend - Displays Email a Friend link on the product detail page.

Display manufacturer in product detail - Displays the manufacturer name on the product detail page.

Label for manufacturer - Specify a label for Manufacturer that will show in the product detail page, if the above (Display manufacturer in product detail) setting is activated.

Label for manufacturer part number - Specify a label for manufacturer part number, if the below (Display product part number on the product details page) setting is activated.

Display product part number on the product details page - Displays the product part number label and the value entered for that product on the product detail page.

Display the personalization configuration code on the product detail page - Places a configuration code.

This setting is a carryover from our migration process. If you did not upgrade from our 4.x software, this is irrelevant.

Enable dynamic update on the product detail page - Checking this box will leverage AJAX to refresh your product page when a Personalization or Variation is selected. This refresh does not require a full page reload, therefore typically sees better performance.

The AJAX used to load this page may interact with JavaScript on the page. A forced reload of the JavaScript may be needed to function correctly.

Label for part number - Specify a label for the part number. This will display next to the part number on the product details page.

Variation Table Label - Specify a label for Product Variations on the product details page.

Personalizations Label - Specify a label for Personalization Questions on the product details page.

Variation Price Display - Specify how you want variation in pricing to be handled on storefront pages. Select the following options from the drop-down menu:

Display minimum and maximum price
Display minimum price
Display price only after a variation is selected

Related Products Header Text - Specify a label for Related Products on the product details page.

Display an "on sale" icon with products, when applicable - On Sale image displays on products that have a current and valid discount created using the "Amount of Product Price" selected as the discount type.

Display a "free shipping" icon with products, when applicable - Free Shipping image displays on products marked as Free Shipping.

Display a "tax free" icon with products, when applicable - Tax Free image displays on products marked as Tax Free.

Primary sort order for product lists - Specify the first level sorting used for your products. When you view products in a category page, your products will be in order by this setting first. Products can be sorted by:

None
- The products are shown randomly.
Name
- Alphabetized
- Price (High to Low)
- Price (Low to High)
Sort Code
- A manual sort option available when adding/editing products.
Rating
- The ratings your customers give a particular product.
Newest
- The most recent additions will show first.

Secondary sort order for product lists - Specify the second level sorting used for your products. This will sort after the primary sort occurs (Ex. If Primary Sort is set to Price, but 10 products have the same price, these 10 will then be sorted in a specific order). Products can be secondary sorted by:

None
- The products are shown randomly.
Name
- Alphabetized
- Price (High to Low)
- Price (Low to High)
Sort Code
- A manual sort option available when adding/editing products.
Rating
- The ratings your customers give a particular product.
Newest
- The most recent additions will show first.

Show the page results information on product list - Select this option if you wish to display products x-x of x page results.

Show the page size selector on page results - Select this option if you wish to show a drop down menu with predefined numbers of products at the top of the product listing.

Show the page sort selector on product list pages - Select this option if you wish to display a drop down menu with sort options at the top of the product listing.

Text to display on the homepage specials - Specify the labels for your homepage specials.

Location to redirect after adding products - After adding a product to the cart you may reload the page, reload the page with a popup, view cart details, enter checkout, or return to the homepage.

Display products if not in stock - You can hide products out of stock, display products out of stock, or display out of stock products and allow them to be purchased.

Message when product is in stock - Custom message to display on products in stock.

Message when product is out of stock - Custom message to display on products out of stock.

Display subcategory listings - Subcategories are listed on category listing pages. If you uncheck you can custom design a category layout to show them.

Number of columns to display for subcategories - You can create 1-4 columns of subcategories on your category pages.

Label for quantity discounts - Specify a label for Quantity Discount area that displays on the product details page, when configured for a product.

Label for bogo discounts - When you offer a Buy-One-Get-One discount you can show a label to promote it.

Enable Image Zoom - This will activate an image zoom feature on all predefined product layouts.

Enable Advanced Image Gallery - This will turn on a more modern image gallery with thumbnails, on any predefined layouts.

Edit your Store's Checkout Settings

The Checkout tab allows you to configure settings that affect a customer's checkout process.

Checkout Type - Will control whether you use our multi-page or single page flow.

Enable redirection for current checkout page - This setting will force anyone currently in one checkout type (ex. One Page) to start over if you update it to the other type (Ex. Multi Page). This helps catch any major changes you are making to the checkout flow.

User registration and membership - You can determine if users register to checkout, prevent nonregistered users from accessing the site and determine if they must register before or after the checkout process.

Registration Enabled - Customers will be able to register on the site at any time where a registration link is provided.
Registration Disabled - Customers will not be able to register on the site, and no links to registration will be provided by the cart software.
Registration only after checkout - Customers will be able to register on the site after an order has been completed.
Login required for checkout - Registration is enabled, and customers must login or register prior to placing an order.
Login required to access site (registration enabled) - Customers will be required to login to view the site and a registration link will be provided on the login page.
Login required to access site (registration disabled) - Customers will be required to login to view the site; however, no registration link will be provided. With this option enabled, a customer can only login to the site if an account is created for them in the MCP (your Merchant Control Panel).

Address display during checkout - This setting will allow you to control the configuration of Billing and Shipping addresses in the checkout.

Display shipping address followed by billing address
Display billing address followed by shipping address
Display billing address only
Display shipping address only

Send email alert when customer registers - This will send an email to the Administrative Email account on fi

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